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Super-Wine Might Boost Lifespan
New Scientist ^
| 1-7-2008
Posted on 01/07/2008 4:49:14 PM PST by blam
Super-wine might boost lifespan
07 January 2008
From New Scientist
Would you drink wine made from genetically engineered grapes if it had extra benefits? Such wine could be on the menu, thanks to a grape variety six times richer than normal in resveratrol, the compound in red wine associated with increased longevity, decreased heart disease and a host of other benefits.
Yuejin Wang and colleagues at the Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University in Yangling, Shaanxi province, China, made the supervine by equipping it with an extra gene from a wild Chinese vine. Vitus pseudoreticulata has an unusual variant of the stilbene synthase gene, which triggers resveratrol production (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, DOI: 10.1007/s11240-007-9324-2).
The team plans to make wine from the GM vine, though their main goal is to make grapevines more resistant to fungus, which is kept in check by resveratrol.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: grape; lifespan; oenology; resveratrol; wine
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:49:17 PM PST
by
blam
To: neverdem
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:50:44 PM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Super-wine
Wild Irish rose?
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:51:14 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: blam
Now we are talking. Hehehehe.
To: blam
Like I need an excuse to drink wine! I am currently enjoying a glass of my favorite pinot grigio as I prepare to watch the Suckeyes lose!
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:52:08 PM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: cripplecreek
good for what ails ya
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:52:44 PM PST
by
digger48
To: blam
Wake me up when they can make a good Bourbon out of it.
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:53:17 PM PST
by
#1CTYankee
(That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
To: blam
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:53:23 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
(It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.)
To: blam
plus some free lead, with love, from Chiiiina!!
To: digger48
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:54:48 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: goodwithagun
"pinot grigio"That sweet stuff, my mother in-law drinks that!
Hope your a girl. ;-D
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:55:06 PM PST
by
#1CTYankee
(That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
To: blam
Wine from China? Not a chance I’d drink it. Wouldn’t be surprised if the extra gene was the Prestone gene! ;-)
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:55:14 PM PST
by
LibWhacker
(Democrats are phony Americans)
To: #1CTYankee
I am a chick, but pinot grigio is not that sweet. It is actually considered dry.
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:56:14 PM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: cripplecreek
LOL! Yes, the best in “wine”. Got many a headache from that fine aged and mellowed (whiskey) wine in my youth! ROTF!
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:57:02 PM PST
by
doc1019
(Rabbit and the Hare … Fred ‘08)
To: goodwithagun
"It is actually considered dry."You can't handle dry!
Still has a sweet twang to me, but as you may have guessed I'm more of a sour mash guy;-D
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:58:59 PM PST
by
#1CTYankee
(That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
To: cripplecreek
how about a little snort of rumatiz medicine ...
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:59:01 PM PST
by
digger48
To: blam
Stilbene synthase, just what I thought not. Thanks for the ping. Happy New Year!
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posted on
01/07/2008 4:59:02 PM PST
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: blam
It isn’t the genetically modified part I mind. It’s that it’s from China. Yikes!
To: #1CTYankee
My first love will always be George Dickle. That was a huge plus in college, because guys thought it was cool that I drank whiskey.
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posted on
01/07/2008 5:03:54 PM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: blam
a grape variety six times richer than normal in resveratrol I'll just have six times as much of the normal stuff, thanks.
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